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Do I need anti-malarial out of season?
According to the World Health Organisation website, the transmission of malaria in Senegal and southern Mauritania takes place for between two and six months in the period June to November.
So if I am going in January, do I need to take anti-malarial drugs?
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Originally Posted by Tim Cullis
According to the World Health Organisation website, the transmission of malaria in Senegal and southern Mauritania takes place for between two and six months in the period June to November.
So if I am going in January, do I need to take anti-malarial drugs?
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Tim,
In a word, no.
ps There are other threads in here which discuss a whole range of issues about such drugs; one theme is about non-qualified people giving advice about such matters - before that starts again  , please make up your own mind.
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Agreed. Having read the backs of several anti malarial drug packages, trying a few and traveling often in central Africa without getting malaria I consider myself practically a doctor and therefore well positioned to agree with Dave... Er, there was that one time in Malawi I got malaria... but only once (and I was actually taking medication at the time, though not as often as prescribed...).
There- problem solved.
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Thanks for the corroboration
Well Jim, my answer is based on medical advice while I was working abroad; my employer provided anti-malarial prophylaxies (or however they are spelt) as part of their contract when their medical staff advised them to do so, but they did not provide them "out of season", again as advised by the docs.
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Continuing in this vein: We expect, hope--to enter Morocco in January and ride pretty steadily south hoping to reach Namibia in may before the rainy season begins in the more northerly countries. Could we safely forego the malaria meds until we reach South Africa and head north up through Botswana to Zambia? I hate to put drugs in the system but think I would hate more getting malaria.
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Out of season in the northern part of Africa - it can be safe to not take malaria tablets but central africa is a different story and I would never risk it.
Unfortunately I think alot of people view malaria too lightly on here and previously mentioned by walkabout most advice is given by people with travel knowledge and no medical training.
Personally after having studied tropical medicine, I would always take my malaria tablets.
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